Office:Mac and Corrupted Fonts

I have installed the office:mac 2004 version but when I try to open any of office applications while trying to optimize font menu performance, I get a message saying xyz font is corrupt and needs to be deleted. Seems like many fonts needs to be deleted.
So I called Microsoft help desk. She asked me to disable all fonts and restart my computer. After the restart now my office applications are working but my entire 235 fonts are disabled.
My computer is a G4 with 10.4.4 operating system. I also have system nine running.
Could anyone help me solve this issue?
Thank you in advance.

Yes, that is a puzzle. Perhaps your problem lies elsewhere. Try the following:
Boot from your Tiger DVD. After the installer loads select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. After DU loads select your OS X volume from the list on the left, click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer. Now shutdown the computer for a couple of minutes and then restart normally.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior (3.0.3 for Tiger) and/or TechTool Pro (4.1.1 for Tiger) to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
If that does not help, then you may have a corrupted font cache and/or preference files. The following may prove helpful:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=607542&#607542.
You can also download one of the several utilities used to perform maintenance and use it to clear the font caches. I recommend Tinkertool System, but there are others from which to choose. You will find them all at www.versiontracker.com.

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